QTUM
Defiance Quantum ETF · Defiance
Tech & Innovation
1Y Return
+47.0%
Expense Ratio
0.40%
AUM
$5.4B
Dividend Yield
0.80%
Avg Annual Growth (Since Inception)
+29.0%
Issuer
Defiance ETFs

Overview

Quantum computing and machine-learning hardware — around 86 companies from pure-play quantum labs to the chipmakers enabling them, equal-weighted.

Top Holdings

TickerHoldingWeight
IONQIonQ Inc.2.4%
RGTIRigetti Computing2.3%
QBTSD-Wave Quantum2.2%
QUBTQuantum Computing Inc.1.9%
MUMicron Technology1.6%
AMDAdvanced Micro Devices1.5%
NVDANVIDIA Corp.1.5%
MRVLMarvell Technology1.4%
6702Fujitsu Ltd.1.4%
HONHoneywell Intl1.3%

Fund Details

Index
BlueStar Quantum Computing & ML
# Holdings
~86
Inception
Sep 2018
Exchange
NYSE Arca
Structure
Open-End Fund
Distribution
Annual
Avg Annual Growth (Since Inception)
+29.0%
Avg Annual Yield (Since Inception)
0.47%

Investment Thesis

Quantum is where AI was in 2015 — commercially early, scientifically real, and violently re-rating on every breakthrough headline — and QTUM's equal-weighted basket is the sane way to own a field where picking the winning qubit architecture is impossible. The +47% year rode the sector's arrival in mainstream portfolios; the volatility is genuinely extreme.

Who It's For

Early-theme investors buying the decade-out computing transition as a basket rather than a lottery ticket. Satellite-sized only — this is frontier tech with frontier drawdowns.

10-Year History

Annual Closing Price
YearClose% Chg
2016----
2017----
2018$18.72--
2019$26.01+38.9%
2020$38.76+49.0%
2021$48.84+26.0%
2022$33.70-31.0%
2023$47.18+40.0%
2024$70.77+50.0%
2025$92.00+30.0%
Annual Dividend Yield
YearYield
2016--
2017--
20180.60%
20190.50%
20200.30%
20210.20%
20220.40%
20230.50%
20240.60%
20250.70%
Annual AUM
YearAUM% Chg
2016----
2017----
2018$0.0B--
2019$0.1B+Infinity%
2020$0.1B+0.0%
2021$0.2B+100.0%
2022$0.1B-50.0%
2023$0.3B+200.0%
2024$1.5B+400.0%
2025$4B+166.7%

Historical figures are ETFHub estimates modelled from asset-class return patterns and may differ from official fund records. Data as of August 2026.

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